697 BC

The year 697 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 57 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 697 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	8th century BC 7th century BC 6th century BC
Decades:	710s BC 700s BC 690s BC 680s BC 670s BC
Years:	700 BC 699 BC 698 BC 697 BC 696 BC 695 BC 694 BC

697 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	697 BC DCXCVI BC
Ab urbe condita	57
Ancient Egypt era	XXV dynasty, 56
- Pharaoh	Shebitku, 11
Ancient Greek era	20th Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar	4054
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1289
Berber calendar	254
Buddhist calendar	−152
Burmese calendar	−1334
Byzantine calendar	4812–4813
Chinese calendar	癸未年 (Water Goat) 2000 or 1940     — to — 甲申年 (Wood Monkey) 2001 or 1941
Coptic calendar	−980 – −979
Discordian calendar	470
Ethiopian calendar	−704 – −703
Hebrew calendar	3064–3065
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−640 – −639
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2404–2405
Holocene calendar	9304
Iranian calendar	1318 BP – 1317 BP
Islamic calendar	1358 BH – 1357 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1637
Minguo calendar	2608 before ROC 民前2608年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2164
Thai solar calendar	−154 – −153
Tibetan calendar	阴水羊年 (female Water-Goat) −570 or −951 or −1723     — to — 阳木猴年 (male Wood-Monkey) −569 or −950 or −1722

Events

Kingdom of Judah

• Manasseh becomes co-ruler with King Hezekiah of Judah.

Births

• Duke Wen of Jin, ruler of the state of Jin
• Ghostly Presence, ruler of the Warzone

Deaths

• Zhou huan wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.

References